When conservatives build bridges
This Gunter item (yes, I know, I really shouldn't) was extremely annoying this week. Why should Canada build Montreal a new bridge, he asked. "Why is that Canadians’ responsibility? Why…
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The Duchesneau Report Simplified: Construction, Collusion and Corruption
Obviously, my blogging output has dramatically been reduced due to professional reasons. I thought I'd give a blog update on a news item that really encapsulated the recent Duchesneau report…
Concordia Decides That Less Is More
In August, I blogged about controversy surrounding Concordia University’s Board of Governors. A report co-authored by Bernard J. Shapiro (Canada’s first Ethics Commissioner) had concluded that an unofficial, inner circle…
Meet the new NDP – sans Quebec?
So ProgBlogger Accidental Deliberations came up with this fun post based on this Globe and Mail article, which states that the new NDP is made up of "left-leaning Liberals and…
Is this NDP leader Nycole Turmel’s "Kissinger Moment"?
Nixon and Kissinger: Benign NeglectHenry Kissinger firmly believed that his understanding of Realpolitik reflected the realism of a handful of famous statesmen of bygone decades.Bismarkian in his aloofness, Metternichean in…
NDP’s brilliant use as a wedge issue of the Quebecois are a nation resolution
Right now Liberals and Tories are getting warm around their collars because the major candidates for leadership of the NDP are supporting a special deal for the province of Quebec…
Is the PLQ the Only Viable Opposition to Legault?
According to this Léger Marketing poll, well, yeah - they are.The results without Francoise Legault's Mystery Party as an option has the PLQ leading the Parti Québécois, 31% to 26%,…
The Just Crusade Against Quebec’s 25%
Fellow Liblogger Peter Wrightwater, who writes the blog Paper Dynamite Online, is going on something of a small crusade the last few days, attacking the apparent push, first by NDP…
Quebec, and "how to" do simple projections.
Teddy here. A look at recent Quebec polls gave me an idea. The current polls looked good to me to do a simple projection.Projections, the way I do them (and…
Leadership 2012: The Week In Quotes
A few quotes worth noting from both candidates and non-candidates alike - feel free to suggest more in comments.Thomas Mulcair on his considerations in deciding whether to run:There's an old…
On clear preferences
At least a few pundits have theorized that the NDP might get pushed into a merger due to the desire of Quebec voters to see greater cooperation among parties opposing…
The obvious response
We'll learn soon whether the NDP's federal council will choose a pure one-member, one vote leadership process. But it's not hard to see the news that major Quebec unions aren't…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chantal Hebert highlights how the Harper Cons are making a show of ignoring the needs of Quebec - and indeed making matters worse…
"Be bold, or get lost"
This is the apparent message that McGill political scientist Antonia Maioni told the recent Liberal Party summer caucus, a message I wholeheartedly endorse.You can read the whole thing here, though…
With Persichilli Appointment, PM Harper Shows Quebec The Political Middle Finger, Embraces The Ethnic Vote
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with…
Quebec Tuition Fees
In light of plans by the Charest government to increase tuition fees in Quebec by 75 percent over the next five years, Eric Martin and Simon Tremblay-Pepin have written a…
Bigotry within Our Borders
Canada's chronic illness, the reciprocal bigotry infecting two of its three founding nations, is threatening to lurch into pandemic status under the Harper Conservative majority. Until anglophone and francophone Canadians…
Agreeing with Ezra Levant?
I happen to agree with Ezra Levant today. Only in part. Here’s a piece on Quebec’s desire to license journalists. The government of Quebec wants to licence journalists. Christine St-Pierre,…
Saturday Morning Jack Layton Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Adam Radwanski astutely recognizes that the outpouring of sympathy and grief following Jack Layton's death speaks to the gap between what most political…
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day. - Leftdog points out that the Wall government's regressive ideology is doing exactly what it usually does - resulting in workers losing ground as…